Jewish Literature Quiz

Question 1 of 10

What poem written by American-Jewish poet Emma Lazarus contains the following quote: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore"?

In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport
The New Colossus
The Crowing of the Red Cock
The Banner of the Jew

Question 2 of 10

Milton Steinberg's novel about the life of Elisha ben Abuyah, who interacts with famous sages such as Rabbi Akiba and Rabbi Meir, is called:

As It Was Written
East River
As a Driven Leaf
Differences
The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N

Question 3 of 10

Who was Rivkah Tiktiner?

A Holocaust survivor who wrote poems about her wartime experiences
A 16th-century Jewish educator, scholar, and author
An Israeli novelist
A Ladino writer

Question 4 of 10

Modern Jewish children's literature first emerged in America less than 100 years ago with what book?

The Adventures of K'tonton, by Sadie Rose Weilerstein
Molly's Pilgrim, by Barbara Cohen
Sydney Taylor's five All-of-a-Kind Family books
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl
Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry

Question 5 of 10

Who is the main character in Philip Roth's book about a man's unrelenting monologue, delivered to his therapist, about his sexual appetites and adventures?

Nathan Zuckerman
E.I. Lonoff
Bernard Malamud
Alexander Portnoy

Question 6 of 10

What is an example of pre-modern secular Hebrew literature?

Some poems by Samuel HaNagid and Judah HaLevi
Hebrew novels written during and about the crusades
Hebrew sonnets produced in England at the time of Shakespeare
All of these

Question 7 of 10

What is Franz Kafka's book Metamorphosis about?

Josef K. is arrested and prosecuted for a crime that is not revealed to him, and his innocence seems impossible to prove, despite the lack of evidence
Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up one morning and finds that he has turned into a "monstrous vermin"
A man named K. takes a room in a village while waiting for his appointment at the nearby castle and talks to the local village-people, who are all stuck in the town without an apparent purpose
A teenage boy is sent away by his family to a strange alternate version of the United States where the Statue of Liberty holds a sword in her hand instead of a torch, and a single bridge stretches between New York and Boston
The influence of being raised Jewish in the pre-WWII environment of Prague

Question 8 of 10

Which book came out in 1960, around the time of Adolf Eichmann's arrest in Argentina, and eventually became the most frequently read story to emerge from the Holocaust?

The Jews of Silence
Night
The Accident
The Gates of the Forest

Question 9 of 10

Saul Bellow is the only author who has ever won the National Book Award three times. For which three books did he win?

The Old System, Mosby's Memoirs, and Tell Me a Riddle
To Jerusalem and Back, Something to Remember Me By, and The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler's Planet
Mr. Sammler's Planet, Herzog, and To Jerusalem and Back

Question 10 of 10

Which is NOT a major category of Ladino literature?

Translations of sacred texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the High Holiday prayerbook, and the Passover Haggadah
Rabbinic literature, including commentaries on Jewish texts and Jewish law
Folk tales, fables, proverbs, poems, and short stories
Novels, TV shows, and movies, both newly written and those that were made from older Ladino folk tales

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